• NEWS HYDROGRAPHIC STREAM UPDATE
A number of students from University of Otago and the Southern Institute of Technology attended and presented.
Eight members of the stream attended the S+SNZ 2021
The day started with a guided tour of Wellington’s
Conference in Auckland and one was rewarded with the
CentrePort. (See the write-up from the students in this
S+SNZ Stream Award for Professional Excellence. Congratu-
edition.) It was great to see so many up-and-coming
lations to Emily Tidey, pictured, who had to be persuaded
hydrographers passionate about the profession.
to stay for the night – her choices: a sleepless night with young family or a lavish dinner?
LINZ hosted an event to celebrate World Hydrography Day on June 21on the theme, One hundred years of international cooperation in hydrography. The presentations were led by CEO Gaye Searancke and National Hydrographer Adam Greenland, with a recorded message from the Minister of Land Information, Damien O’Connor. (https:// iho.int/en/whd-2021-celebrations-around-the-world-0). Brook Tozer from GNS presented a webinar on June 18 entitled A Global Bathymetry Map. Brook provided the background to the global bathymetry model produced by Smith & Sandwell using satellite altimetry and gravity data, and how it has improved over the years. With new spaceborne sensors being launched, technology such as space lasers and higher accuracy altimeters means the accuracy and spatial resolution of global bathymetry is improving.
SCHOOL OF SURVEYING GRADUATES MULL OVER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Guy Frederick, Communications Adviser (Sciences), Otago University Graduates from the School of Surveying are in hot demand this year, with job advertisements taking up a lot of wall Emily Tidey with this year’s S+SNZ Stream Award for Professional Excellence.
The NZ Branch of the Australasian Hydrographic Society held their AGM and Seminar on July 7, hosted by Toitū Te Whenua LINZ, in Wellington. More than 50 people attended to hear presentations on topics such as New Zealand sea lions, sea-level rise and urbanisation in Dunedin, a study into joining topographic and bathymetric data at Whakaari/White Island, mapping temporal changes to the seabed and RNZN’s experiences in Antarctica.
space around the school and even overflowing into the tearoom. The students are highly regarded and sought after in New Zealand and Australia due to both the breadth and depth of coursework and field experience during their three or four-year degree programme. Opportunities in land development, engineering, cadastral surveying and hydrography are all advertised this year, and graduates are capable of working across the increasingly diverse surveying and spatial profession. Some graduates go on to work in what some might think of as the ‘traditional’ surveying areas such as cadastral surveying, where graduates must understand land law and the property system and how to establish legal boundaries. Others become engineering surveyors, involved in roading, tunnelling, drainage and other construction design, management and monitoring. Spanning these areas of specialisation, graduates understand resource management and urban design, making them vital in the current housing boom as well in longer-term planning for sustainable and liveable cities.
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